http://www.bringmumiahome.com/
February 6, 2017
Urgent Call to Action:
Water Crisis in the Prison, DOC in Contempt of Mumia Court Order
From Flint and Standing Rock to SCI Mahanoy and prisons across the country, people are defending the life-saving right to clean water.
At SCI Mahanoy, the Pennsylvania prison that houses Mumia Abu-Jamal, the water is unsafe for prisoners to bathe in, shower in and drink. It is “dirty, brackish, turbid, even black water” —that is how Mumia Abu-Jamal describes the dramatic situation in a grievance he filed last week. The grievance includes 6 demands, including 1) the immediate provision of an alternative source of “clean, fresh, safe, and untainted water” for bathing and drinking and 2) “testing of the water piped into the infirmary tub and showers.”
Please help amplify the voices of all prisoners. Take action. Call the prison and publicize Mumia’s grievance widely (see transcript below).
As you know, Mumia has a severe skin ailment, a symptom of his untreated HEP C. The water contamination at the prison, therefore, poses a serious threat to his life through infection. For this reason Mumia has refused the three baths a week that prison doctors prescribed to alleviate his symptoms. In addition to violating the January 2017 court order of a federal judge mandating that Mumia be immediately treated with the HEP C cure, which is the root cause of his skin problem, the DOC is in violation of its own woefully inadequate “baths prescription” for the treatment of his skin condition and HEP C.
TAKE ACTION. Call the prison, the DOC & the PA Gov
LANGUAGE TO USE and DEMANDS
Hi, I am a concerned citizen from______________. I am calling to demand that the Mahanoy prison administration
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Immediately provide all prisoners clean water for bathing, showering and drinking.
In addition, I am demanding that the institution
2. Comply with Judge Mariani’s court ruling of January 3, 2017, which ordered the immediate treatment of Mumia Abu Jamal with the Hep C cure by the DOC. Give Mumia the cure he needs.
Officials to Call:
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Theresa Del Balso, Superintendent SCI Mahanoy: 570-773-2158 x8102 | 570-783-2008 Fax | 301 Morea Road, Frackville PA 1793
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John Wetzel, PA DOC: 717-728-4109 | 717-728-4178 Fax | ra-contactdoc@poc.gov | 1920 Technology Pkwy, Mechanicsburg PA 17050
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Tom Wolf, PA Gvrnr: 717-787-2500 | | 508 Main Capitol Building, Harrisburg PA 17120
IN ADDITION, TAKE ACTION IN THE STREETS.
RALLY in Philadelphia at the Governor’s Office
When: Thursday, February 9, 2017 — 4-6 PM
Where: 200 Broad Street, Philadelphia
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